suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
(verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; “The child suffocated under the pillow”
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”
smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; “Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow”; “The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
asphyxiate (third-person singular simple present asphyxiates, present participle asphyxiating, simple past and past participle asphyxiated)
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
Source: Wiktionary
As*phyx"i*ate, v. t.
Definition: To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
Note: [Used commonly in the past pple.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
